Change Quote by Jimmy Cliff

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

— Charles Dickens

The cruel ambush of 9/11 supposedly 'changed everything,' slapping us back to reality. Yet we are constantly shocked, shocked by the foreseeable.

— Frank Rich

Surely people should eventually cease to be surprised at anything? And yet they continue to be.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in…

— Saul Perlmutter

No one is ever as shocked and surprised as when the inevitable occurs.

— Paul Baran

We always seem to be surprised by events, especially by catastrophes, but also by wonderful events. Look at 1990, the year that the Soviet…

— Doris Lessing

Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.

— Lee Smolin

Life is full of surprising events, they all happen for a reason though so we may resent!

— Zayn Malik

It is merely this world that is chaotic, bringing changes to us all that nobody could have anticipated.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The President continues to surprise people, so I am not surprised to be surprised.

— Dick Cheney

Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change?

— Anonymous

Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.

— Nancy Pelosi